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Minisodes 001 – 002

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We are so excited to present to you our first batch of scripted minisodes!

“26 Maple Dr”
by Christian T. Kelley-Madera
Performed by:
Frank Queris – Billy
Julie Reed – Jen
(Script)

“A Going Away Party”
by Zach Glass and Christian T. Kelley-Madera
Performed by:
Gregory M. Schulz – Yllowyyn
Rhiannon Angell – Yllodyk
(Script)

Associate Producer:
Alec Story

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:58 — 22.9MB)

As we mentioned last week, we’re currently doing something of a pledge drive over on our Patreon.

Our sponsors this week are:

  • Serial Box, a website that creates and curates award-winning sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, and more, in both audio and text formats. You can get 50% off TOAFN Book 1 at serialbox.com/TOAFN50. Or, you can get 40% off 10 titles of Serial Box’s choosing (normally $9.99 each) at serialbox.com/FutureNerd40.
  • Shaker & Spoon – a subscription service for making craft cocktails at home. Get $20 off your first box at shakerandspoon.com/futurenerd!

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New Scripted Content Announcement!

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:48 — 9.0MB)

We are very happy to announce that new scripted content is coming your way on July 26! That’s next week! You’re gonna hear two “minisodes,” that is short vignettes that are canonical to our story world but outside the scope of the main story (and produced fully socially distantly.)

As always, they’ll be free to listen to (albeit ad-supported). But we will be charging Patrons for them. We said at the start of quarantine, we’d warn you before we started charging again. So consider this your warning, and pause or deactivate your pledge by July 25 if you don’t want to get charged. And believe us, we understand if you need to do that. Times are weird and money is tight.

(And by the way, if you’re new here and don’t know about Patreon – we offer lots of cool rewards and bonus content to anyone who signs up as a Patron on Patreon. You can find out more at patreon.com/onceandfuturenerd.)

If you can support us though, now is a really helpful time to do it. Your support now means we’ll be able to better pay all the very deserving people who make this show happen, and it means we’ll be able to hit the ground running on all the cool, ambitious stuff we’ve got planned for Chapters 7-9, as soon as it’s safe to go back in the studio.

To that end, we’ve added some new tiers and reach goals over on Patreon…


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Showcase: STARCALLED by Gabriel Alvarez

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Today’s bonus content is the next in our Showcase series, this time featuring Gabriel Alvarez and his space opera STARCALLED.

If you like what you hear, you can visit starcalled.space for more. Or you can follow @Starcalledradio on Twitter, or support the show at Patreon.com/starcalled.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:56 — 38.9MB)

The transcript for the interview can be found here, and the original transcript for the episode of STARCALLED that Gabriel excerpted can be found here.


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Showcase: JANUS DESCENDING by Jordan Cobb

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Today’s show is the first in a series of Bonus episodes where we’ll highlight the work of another creator in the audio drama/audio fiction space through a brief interview and by playing a selection from their work. We’re starting with JANUS DESCENDING, the sci-fi horror saga by Jordan Cobb.

If you like what you hear, you can check out all of Jordan’s work at nosuchthingradio.com, and you can support her work on Patreon at Patreon.com/nosuchthingproductions.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:00 — 55.0MB)

The transcript for the interview can be found here, and the original transcript for Entry 10 of JANUS DESCENDING can be found here.


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Commentary for “Monsters”

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Today’s Bonus Content is something new we tried recording, back in late April (i.e. approximately 7000 years ago). Several of us recorded a commentary track for Book 1, Chapter 4 – “Monsters,” released all the way back in the spring of 2014.

It also includes a message that we think you should hear.
CONTENT NOTES for the first 8 minutes or so: police violence, racial violence, victims of hate crimes, white supremacy, and police violence.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:24:54 — 68.1MB)

The transcript for this episode can be found here. And the original script for “Monsters” can be found here.


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